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Service videos for 1xx/2xx/5xx on ebay — #27

Now this is an odd find: On offer is a VINTAGE COLLECTABLE - BRAND NEW Apple PowerBook {x00} Series Video Service Course as part of the Apple Service Training Courses. This b…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Baboon! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 - 18:13

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #29

Yeah, like that's gonna happen. They are like $250-$300 each in bulk according to Freescales' site. Click to expand... Well, they did eventually make a 40Mhz 68LC040, which is …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by yuhong Sun, 20 Jun 2010 - 23:48

asking for opinion: WGS 8150 vs. Radius 81/110 — #30

If I remember correctly, it was only true for 68k models (2GB limitation in ROM or something). Click to expand... Nope, Drive Setup in 7.6 and later installed the 'ruby' patch …
68kMLA Hardware by yuhong Mon, 7 Jun 2010 - 08:23

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #10

Hey Johnklos, Thank you for your response! I meant 5 volt rather than 5.5 volts - it was a typo - fat finger syndrome here hehe I was wondering because I have a CC modded wit…
68kMLA Hardware by BeniD82 Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 23:11

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #9

Is there a way to figure out how much the maxium wattage would be per rail? :?: For example: - Maximum watts per 3.3v line - Maximum watts per 5.5v line - Total combined watt…
68kMLA Hardware by johnklos Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 20:56

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #8

ohms law states w = I*V so for example 12 volts with a MAX of 5 amps = 60 watts (keeping in mind MAX means the most it can handle before killing itself, and really should not be …
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 20:44

6500 PSU voltages & outputs? — #7

Is there a way to figure out how much the maxium wattage would be per rail? :?: For example: - Maximum watts per 3.3v line - Maximum watts per 5.5v line - Total combined wat…
68kMLA Hardware by BeniD82 Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 20:25

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #11

It's possible of course that the bad part is a cache RAM chip instead of the G4. Click to expand... ARG!!! Why can't I just let it die in peace? It worked for about three days…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CJ_Miller Sun, 6 Jun 2010 - 06:54

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #10

Similar experience with my Sawtooth running a 1.2GHz PLX CPU. In my case the DIP switches which set the buss multiplier evidently glitched and it went to 1.6GHz, which is way overc…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 05:23

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #9

Similar experience with my Sawtooth running a 1.2GHz PLX CPU. In my case the DIP switches which set the buss multiplier evidently glitched and it went to 1.6GHz, which is way overc…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by H3NRY Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 05:09

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #7

Regardless of whether a machine appears fine, you should replace the foil between the CPUs and the heat sink the first time you take the heat sink off. Heat sink compound is alway…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Tue, 1 Jun 2010 - 04:32

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #6

I am amazed that it didn't happen sooner! My MDD was regularly +150F, yet it didn't complain for five years. Meanwhile I had a feature creep situation with a project for recasing i…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CJ_Miller Mon, 31 May 2010 - 16:46

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #5

So the problem was the CPU daughtercard? It seems this is a common issue with overheating. I've experienced it viewtopic.php?f=13&t=13430 And other have too viewtopic.php…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by mac-man6 Mon, 31 May 2010 - 09:40

Schrödinger's MDD G4 - dead or alive? — #4

IT'S ALIVE!!! I collected all of my MDD bits together tonight and set about methodically testing. First I tried combinations of RAM sticks - they can't all have gone bad! And unli…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CJ_Miller Mon, 31 May 2010 - 07:06

DVD in a Quadra? — #11

I just saw this thread. I have an external DVD-RAM hooked up to my SuperMac S900...I know I thought about hooking it up to my Quadra 700, and I can't rememebr if I did (or didn't),…
68kMLA Hardware by Blessed Cheesemaker Mon, 17 May 2010 - 04:21

Good 640 X 480 LCD to use on IIci — #11

The most primitive stand alone Apple LCD was the blue & white 15" Studio Display at 1024x768. It is a multi-sync display so it will display 640x480. The earliest LCDs from …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Baboon! Fri, 14 May 2010 - 21:22

Good 640 X 480 LCD to use on IIci — #9

The closest "match" you'll be able to find is likely IBM's first LCD desktop display, the 9507, which was meant to go with their low power PS/2e desktop computer. (Which was basic…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Anonymous Freak Tue, 11 May 2010 - 21:44

Good 640 X 480 LCD to use on IIci — #8

I happened upon this thread and thought I would add my two cents. Hope this is useful and not a "me too" sort of deal. I have a IIci that I made out of two IIcis, and I was think…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by jwmcfarlin Tue, 11 May 2010 - 06:38

Cloning IIsi ROMs — #6

Interesting. Seems like that would make a number of things more feasible, eh trag? Click to expand... Yep. Affordable PCB prototypes makes a *lot* of projects more feasible.…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by trag Sat, 8 May 2010 - 16:56
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